Wise Health System
Disclosed Jul 12, 20197 years ago60,154 affectedConfirmed
The covered entity (CE), Wise Health System, reported that employee(s) were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 127,088 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to its email environment. The CE also retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
What is known
| People affected | 60,154 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jul 12, 2019 |
| Happened | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Names, Health |
| Sector | Healthcare · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Indiana Attorney General 2019 data breach report: Wise Health Systemin.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| Maine Attorney General breach notice archive: Wise Health Systemmaine.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Wise Health System (Healthcare Provider, TX)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana AGresidents of IN | Jul 12, 2019 | 12 |
| HHS archivetotal | Jul 13, 2019 | 35,899 |
| Maine AGresidents of ME | Sep 27, 2019 | 1 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["names"] to ["names","health"] · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to The covered entity (CE), Wise Health System, reported that employee(s) were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 127,088 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, d · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names"] · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records: 35946 to 60154 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Indiana AG), confirmed by Indiana AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.